Lowly Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEE FFFF GBFDC CFDH AFDA FEFF FFCFF| I ll sing a solitude | A |
| Amid the gnawing hunger | B |
| I ll sing | C |
| I ll sew this elegy | D |
| With tears of deprivation | E |
| And exploitation | E |
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| What will pacify these vultures | F |
| Indifferent lammergeiers | F |
| Gorged ticks | F |
| Hyenas of twos | F |
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| This shack made a rubble | G |
| By a ravenous bulldozer | B |
| Paving ways for earthly gods | F |
| Oh my lyre and dissonance of the lowly | D |
| But I ll still sing | C |
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| My bloated offspring | C |
| Feeders of bins and beans | F |
| Scorched by providence of mighty He | D |
| As earthly gods scorch them | H |
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| Oh my torn wandindi | A |
| Sew my bitter musings | F |
| Chord them like Beethoven s symphony | D |
| Bring and brood repugnance among the hot blood | A |
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| Let them loathe political vice | F |
| Stir revolt ambience of post repossession | E |
| As present masters | F |
| Are worse than Celts | F |
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| Beat them drums | F |
| Awaken all ghosts | F |
| Of communal belonging | C |
| Repossess lands | F |
| And guillotine the damnable devils | F |
Murithi Ikiara
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Poet's note: This is a political poem meant to awaken the oppressed youth in my motherland.
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